I'm posting this because Brendon is starting school very very soon. I had a meeting to discuss placement options earlier this week. One of the placements is at the school my sister teaches at, and my neices and nephews go to school there. My oldest neice just told me that the self contained special ed teacher B would have is not a nice person. She frankly told me that the woman is predjudiced and does not give her full effort to children who are not the same race she is. I am planning on meeting this person before my kid goes into her classroom, but I'm suddenly more afraid than ever. I would hate for my child to be discriminated against because of race when he's going to have a hard enough time as it is. I figure if anyone would know this information it'd be the students at the school so I asked the girls what they thought of this teacher. I'm second guessing my first choice school. I'm afraid that when I go meet the teacher she will "put on a good face" and then when B is in her classroom he'll be mistreated. I'm so torn about this. I'm thinking about pushing harder for the closer school now because my nephew only has good things to say about the special ed teacher at that school. He went there until his mom got a job teaching at the school he's at now.
ETA: My sister just says that the woman is "mean" and I might want to reconsider sending Brendon there. She won't comment on what her daughters say about the teacher.
I would meet the teacher and see if you can get a feel for her. A good teacher will listen to you and let you give her a good profile of your son's strengths and weakness and really give some input to help him....a not so good teacher will cut you off and change the subject and have absolutely no input...if the latter happens run to the nearest school by you:) Sarah likes perky teachers...and not so much the stoic rigid ones..I would take your son to meet her and see how he responds to her..if he likes her and responds to her then give her a try:) Best of luck either way:)
Sam lasted 6 days with his first teacher last year - gr.1. This woman had it all on paper, her resume was impressive, years of experience yada yada... She had 4 children in her class and a very experience support staff and still could not any adjustments to teaching style to accomodate Sam. In every meeting with her she cut me off, changed the subject and had absolutely no input. Shelly nailed it on the head.
I pulled Sam out of school and attempted homeschooling
A good teacher is worth her weight in gold, and good support their weight in costly gems. Sam now has both. ( We managed to "steal" his original worker away from his old school) The change in Sam is incredible. When I go to pick him up I can't fine him 'cause he blends in with his friends! I hope you easily find the best place for your son. Mama to Sam 8yrs PDD NOS OCD ODD PPD [QUOTE=micki]Do you know any parents of old students, preferably ones that share your I connected with another parent of a child with autism who attends the school. This parent pretty much confirmed what my neice said. She said that she fought hard to get her son in a mainstream classroom and away from this teacher and she won. Her son was in mainstream first grade last year and from what I hear, he struggled, but passed on to second grade. He had an aid just for him. I'm thinking that I might have to do the same thing if they decide to send him to that school. Time to put on the boxing gloves lol.
ds's race?
My ds had a teacher last year who was a disaster for him. She had a very
rigid style that worked very well for some students but not at all for
others. When I mention her name people will either tell me that they loved
her and other parents tell me that she was the worst experience they
ever had. Had I known then what I know now I would have found a way
to switch schools.[/QUOTE]
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